There is no hotter phone on that market than Apple's iPhone.
The phone launched in June to massive hype and crowds
of eager fans waiting to get their paws on one.

Glassy-eyed Apple lovers were eager to fork over $599 for
the 8GB iPhone and $499 for the 4GB iPhone. Those elated iPhone fans, however,
turned into blood-lusting Steve Jobs haters when Apple announced a $200
price cut for the 8GB iPhone.

On the rollercoaster of Apple/iPhone love/hate, iPhone
owners were once again elated when it was announced that a free unlock solution
was available for the phone. The firmware hack freed customers from
AT&T's grasp in the U.S. market (with the only other option being T-Mobile);
while worldwide customers were given a reason to embrace the iPhone as a wide
range of carriers could be used.

But the happiness didn't last long -- Apple dropped the 1.1.1
firmware update on customers which not only relocked the iPhone, but turned
a number of phones into "iBricks."

While all of this has been going on, Nokia must have been
sitting back with a big grin on its face. Recently, the company decided to take
advantage of Apple's image problem with iPhone customers and started a new
advertising campaign.

A keen Mac Rumors
forum member spotted a new Nokia ad in New York which takes direct aim at the
iPhone. The ad displays such phrases as "Phones should be open to
anything," "The best devices have no limits" and "Open to anything."

The ad directs onlooker to Nokia's Nseries phones. The N95, which launched earlier
this year, features a 2.6" QVGA screen, 160MB of internal memory,
microSD slot for memory expansion, 3G, WiFi and Bluetooth. A newer model, the N95 8GB, has since been released with 8GB of internal memory and a slightly larger 2.8" QVGA screen.

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